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"We would ask that anyone receiving such an email contact their local police."

While it is not clear whether any schools in Croydon have been directly affected, it seems at least one school in Lewisham may have been.

A school in Charlton was closed on Tuesday, May 8, the head teacher of which said the closure was in the best interests of the children.

This latest hoax comes just over a month after at least one school in Croydon received a threatening email sent to many schools around the country that reportedly suggested children would be run down and shot if they left school.

An 18-year-old man in Hertfordshire was subsequently arrested on March 29 in connection with that incident